snoopy of the day
FINALLY IT'S FLUFFY FRIDAY.
there's something i must draw your attention to; in hasdeo and bastar, both regions in chhattisgarh, the indian police and military are unleashing grave violence against the indigenous peoples of india, to dispossess them of their land, livelihoods, and ultimately their lives in order to enrich the imperialist economy. this is genocide, and one that goes under-reported by the national media and ignored by the international media. the indian nation state only claims decolonisation to mask its many, many colonial projects, spread across the length and breadth of the subcontinent. i am naming two egregious instances. there are many more.
i dream of the dissolution of the indian nation state and the establishment of the soviet union of south asian nations, which results in the unfortunate, but mildly amusing acronym S.U.S.A.N.
if theres anything you want crushed and ruined just let me know
ill put it in my mangle
for small things
Luck
by Langston Hughes
Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone is flung.
To some people Love is given, To others only heaven.
A Poem on Petrol and Fire/Nabarun Bhattacharya
Ran into the bugger He was coughing I said – Want a drag? He said – No On my way to the garage, last trip, Out of breath. With these words he left, coughing He’s a double-decker bus.
Then I saw A ten-storeyed building Wearing a rubber glove Holding by its throat A young street Thrashing about, the lampposts Try to escape.
Sharp-edged, the moon flashes At the night’s throat The Planetarium’s electronic clock Complains of high fever Through the dark, empty Maidan A tram sways on its way Suddenly a police-van appears Startling the sleeping dogs Like every other day.
I know Even great writing Cannot prevent A hanging I know All this is meant to frighten the poor The last trips, the coughs, the fear, Thrashing about, the startling Sound of a van, swaying To death, fevers that reduce us down to ash Poetry can stop nothing.
Through dust-storms I have not learnt to walk With my eyes shut.
One day, with petrol I will put out these fires I will put out these fires With petrol.
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পেট্রল আর আগুনের কবিতা
এক শালার সঙ্গে দেখা হল সে কাশছে তাকে বললাম – গুরু, চলবে? সে বললে – না লাস্ত ট্রিপ মারিয়ে গ্যারেজে ফিরছি দম নেই এই বলে সে চলে গেল কাশতে কাশতে সে একটা দোতলা বাস।
তারপর দেখলাম দশতলা একটা বাড়ি হাতে রবারের দস্তানা পরে বাচ্চা একটা রাস্তার গলা টিপে ধরেছে আর ল্যাম্পপোস্টগুলো ঝটপট করে পালাতে চেষ্টা করছে।
ধারালো চাঁদ ঝলসায় রাতের গলায় প্ল্যানেটেরিয়ামের ইলেকট্রনিক ঘড়িতে তখন দারুন জ্বর অন্ধকার ফাঁকা ময়দানে একটা ট্রাম টাল খায় আচমকা চলে গেল পুলিশভ্যান ঘুমন্ত কুকুরগুলোকে চমকে দিয়ে রোজ চমকে দেয়।
আমি জানি খুব ভালো লিখলেও একটাও ফাঁসি থামানো যাবে না আমি জানি গরিবদের ভয় দেখানোর জন্য এই সব কিছু – লাস্ট ট্রিপ, কাশি, ভয় পাওয়া ঝটপট করা, হল্লাগাড়ির ধমকে চমকে ওঠা, টাল খেয়ে খেয়ে মরা, জ্বরে ছাই হয়ে যাওয়া এর একটাও কবিতা লিখে থামানো যাবে না
ধুলোর ঝড়ের মধ্যে চোখ বন্ধ করে আমি হাঁটতে শিখিনি
একদিন পেট্রল দিয়ে সব আগুন আমি নিভিয়ে দেব সব আগুন আমি নিভিয়ে দেব পেট্রল দিয়ে।
Translation: Sujaan Mukherjee
Cats Stealing Food in Paintings
Still Life with Cat (1705) by Desportes, It's no use crying over spilt milk (1880) by Frank Paton, Still Life of the Remnants of a Meal with a Lunging Cat (18th Century) by Alexandre-François Desportes, Fish Still Life with Two Cats (1781) by Martin Ferdinand Quadal, Still Life with a Cat and a Mackerel on a Table Top (18th Century) by Giovanni Rivalta, The Collared Thief (1860) by William James Webbe, Cat Stealing a String of Sausages (17th Century) by Abraham van Beyeren, Still Life with a Cat (1760) by Sebastiano Lazzari, Kitchen Still Life with Fish and Cat (ca. 1650) by Sebastian Stoskopff, An Oyster Supper (1882) by Horatio Henry Couldery, Still Life with an Ebony Chest (17th Century) by Frans Snyders, Still Life with a Cat (1724) by Alexandre-Francois Desportes, A Cat Attacking Dead Game (18th Century) by Alexandre-François Desportes, Still Life of Fresh-Water Fish with a Cat (1656) by Pieter Claesz, Still Life with Fruits and Ham with a Cat and a Parrot (18th Century) by Alexandre-Francois Desportes, A Cat Holding a Fish in Its Mouth (18th Century) by Sebastiano Lazzari, Still Life with a Cat and a Hare (18th Century) by Desportes, Still Life with Cat and Rayfish (1728) by Jean-Siméon Chardin, A Cat with Dead Game (1711) by Alexandre-Francois Desportes, Still Life with Cat and Fish (1728) by Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin
Bugs Bunny could have simply walked into Mordor. He would have shown up at the gates of Mordor in a disguise and been like "Evil volcano inspection unit" and flashed a fake ID badge to the confused orc.
This game was great fun to watch finally some more goals🤌
don’t piss me off. you don’t know who you are messing with.
Southern pudu (Pudu puda). This one is a fawn!
now you know who you are messing with
California Condor Gymnogyps californianus
3/4/2023 San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California
Man, I almost drank myself to death yesterday, I can't even remember my name, if only there was someone that could help me.
The the trustworthy and saint-like lieutenant: